Jersey Girl wrote:MeDotOrg wrote:
But ultimately this is all subjective. The roots of rock are in blues, music that casts a spell, music that is hypnotic. Hypnotic effect is obtained by repetition, and if you are looking for virtuosity, that repetition can sound like a lack of it. I'm having a hard time describing this, but the closest thing I can come up with is that you listen to blues with a different part of your brain, a different part of musical consciousness.
Bless you! Yes!
Can you address how Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards exchange guitar positions in the same song and how/why Keith uses a 5 string guitar? I'm not musically articulate enough to do so.
I'm not a guitar player (used to play the drums) so I'm not the best person to ask about the 5-string. Keith talked about it in his autobiography, but I honestly don't remember the details.
I'm totally blowing my own smoke here, but with respect to exchanging positions in the same song, I think that is a style that is not unique, but it is a lot more slinky and seductive.
A lot of Rock has duelling guitars, where the instruments seem to be having a conversation back and forth, each voice distinctive. Think of Joe Walsh and Don Henley on Hotel California.
A different style with Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards, or Eric Clapton and Rick Gretsch with Blind Faith, their music makes me think of a double-helix, 2 strands that are a part of the same chain, twirling around one another. Check out the style in Had to Cry Today.
Similar to Woods and Richards, but their work is a little more free form. With Richards though, it is never in service to his own virtuosity, it is always in service to the song.
